Skip to main content
  • Westminster Abbey
  • HU
    • English (EN)
    • Français (FR)
    • Deutsch (DE)
    • Nederlands (NL)
    • Portuguĕs (PT)
    • Español (ES)
    • Italiano (IT)
    • Polski (PL)
    • Magyar (HU)
    • Русскийязык (RU)
    • 日本語 (JA)
    • 中文 (ZH)
    • 한국의 (KO)
    • العربية (AR)
  • Látogasson el hozzánk
  • Worship & music
  • Events
  • Learning
  • Support us
  • About the Abbey
  • Institute
  • Shop
  • Book tickets
  • Látogasson el hozzánk
    • Plan your visit
      • What to see and do
      • Multimedia guide
      • Access, facilities and FAQ
      • The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries
        • Your questions answered
      • Security at the Abbey
    • Prices & entry times
    • Guided tours
    • Food & drink
    • The Abbey shop
    • Photography in the Abbey
    • Summer Festival
  • Worship & music
    • Worship at the Abbey
      • Abbey clergy
      • Attending a service
    • Services & times
      • Regular services
        • Evensong
        • Morning Prayer
        • Holy Communion
        • Evening Prayer
        • Sung Eucharist
      • Choral services
      • Special services
        • Past special services
      • Our Lady of Pew
      • Organ recitals
      • Edwardtide
      • Advent and Christmas
      • Holy Week and Easter
      • Streamed services
    • Music
      • The Abbey Choir and musicians
        • The Choir
        • Choristership
      • Recordings
        • Dove, Weir & Martin: Choral works
        • Parry: Songs of farewell
        • Bairstow, Harris & Stanford: Choral Works
        • Ludford: Missa Videte miraculum
        • Finzi, Bax & Ireland: Choral Music
        • Taverner: Western Wynde Mass
        • Parry: I was glad & other choral works
        • Music for Remembrance
        • Rejoice the Lord is king
        • Tye: Missa Euge bone
        • Music from the reign of King James I
        • The Feast of Saint Peter
        • O praise the Lord
        • A Christmas Caroll
        • Mary and Elizabeth
        • The Feast of the Ascension
        • The Feast of St Michael and All Angels
        • Elgar: Great is the Lord
        • Organ Masterpieces
        • Abbey Spectacular!
        • Elgar Organ Works
      • The organs
        • The Harrison & Harrison organ (1937)
        • The Queen's organ (Mander, 2013)
        • Summer Organ Festival
      • Concerts and events
    • Sermons
    • Christianity – some basics
  • Events
    • Bell ringing days
    • Flag days
    • Eric Symes Abbott Memorial Lectures
      • The Mystery of the Transfiguration: Seven Meditations
  • Learning
    • Schools
    • Teaching resources
      • Catalogue
    • Families
      • At home
      • A to Z activities
    • Community groups
    • Virtual tours
      • Worship and daily life
      • Monarchy
      • The Abbey and national memory
      • Building Westminster Abbey
      • Overview tour
    • Christianity in 10 objects
    • Platinum Jubilee
  • Support us
    • Make a donation
    • Join the Abbey Association
      • Individual Associate membership
      • Associate and Guest membership
      • Joint Associate membership
      • Family Associate membership
      • Gift membership
    • Leave a legacy
    • American Fund for Westminster Abbey
  • About the Abbey
    • History
      • History of Westminster Abbey
      • Royalty
        • The Abbey and the Royal Family
        • Royal weddings
        • Coronations
      • Famous people / organisations
      • Abbey bells
      • Abbey gardens
      • Abbey in Wartime
      • Abbots & Deans
      • Architecture
      • Benedictine monastery
      • Britain's Oldest Door
      • Chapter House
      • Cheyneygates
      • The Cloisters
      • College Hall
      • The Coronation Chair
      • Cosmati Pavement
      • Crib
      • Funeral and wax effigies
      • Icons at Westminster Abbey
      • Jerusalem Chamber
      • Lady Chapel
      • Misericords
      • Modern Martyrs
      • Nave
      • Oil paintings
      • Order of the Bath
      • Poets’ Corner
      • Processional banners
      • Processional crosses
      • Pyx Chamber
      • The Queen Elizabeth II window
      • The Quire
      • RAF Chapel
      • Retable
      • Royal tombs
      • Stained Glass
      • Vestments and frontals
      • Wall paintings
      • A joyful noise: the bells of Westminster Abbey
      • The Wedding of William and Kate
      • Celebrating the Commonwealth
      • Buried among the kings
      • Celebrating St Edward
      • Battle of Britain 80th
      • Rediscovering the Great Sacristy
      • The Nation's Memory
      • VE Day 75
      • ANZAC Day
    • Library & research
      • Using our library and archives
      • Library collection
      • Muniment collection
      • Record series
      • Catalogues
    • Mission and values
    • Jobs & volunteering
      • Employment opportunities
      • Volunteer at Westminster Abbey
    • Safeguarding
    • Contact us
  • Institute
    • Letters
    • Public programmes
    • Public service seminars
    • Fellows' programme
    • Institute people
    • Past Institute lectures
      • God, Gratitude and Being at Home in the World
      • Where does wise leadership come from?
      • Hope
      • Art, Imagination and Public Service
      • Justice
      • Embracing Global Challenges
      • Truth
      • Democracy
      • Integrity
      • In the Public Eye
      • Staying Power
      • In Power
      • Stand and be counted
      • Feeding The Soul
      • Truth in the Public Square
      • The Challenge of Bioethics to Decision-Making in the UK
      • Trust in public life
    • Charles Gore Memorial Lectures
    • One People Oration
    • Books
  • Shop
  • Book tickets
  • Magyar (HU)
    • English (EN)
    • Français (FR)
    • Deutsch (DE)
    • Nederlands (NL)
    • Portuguĕs (PT)
    • Español (ES)
    • Italiano (IT)
    • Polski (PL)
    • Magyar (HU)
    • Русскийязык (RU)
    • 日本語 (JA)
    • 中文 (ZH)
    • 한국의 (KO)
    • العربية (AR)
  • Choir School
  • St Margaret's Church
  • Corporate hospitality
  • News & media
  1. Kezdőoldal
  2. Search this website

Search this website

What are you looking for? Type something in the box and press Search.

154 results found, displaying page 1 of 8

  • Requiem Mass Marks Start of Lady Chapel Festival

    Friday, 22nd April 2016

    The Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr John Hall, celebrated Requiem Mass in the Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey, on Thursday 21st April 2016, the Anniversary of the Death of King Henry VII.

    Lady Chapel The Choir of Westminster Abbey Requiem Mass Henry VII 500 Years of Wonder

  • Dean & Chapter commissions Abbey paintings

    Thursday, 15th March 2018

    Westminster Abbey’s Dean & Chapter has commissioned a unique series of watercolours of the interior and precincts of the Abbey church by the artist Alexander Creswell.

    Alexander Creswell Exhibition

  • Mary I

    Mary Tudor was the daughter of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. She was crowned in the Abbey on 1st October 1553 and lies buried with Elizabeth I.

  • James Craggs

    Statesman

    James Craggs, MP, is buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel. His monument is now in St George's chapel.

  • Christopher B. Mitchell

    Philanthropist

    Christopher B. Mitchell was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal, which culminated in the restoration of Henry VII's Lady Chapel in 1995.

  • David Croft

    Philanthropist

    David Croft was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal which culminated in the cleaning of Henry VII's Lady chapel in 1995.

  • Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley

    A kneeling figure of Lord Darnley can be seen on the monument of his mother Margaret Douglas, in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel.

  • Lord Sainsbury

    Philanthropist

    Lord Sainsbury was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey Appeal Fund which raised millions for restoring the exterior of the Abbey and Lady Chapel.

  • Dame Sophy de Geminghen

    Dame Sophy (or Soffy) Auguste de Geminghen was buried in the Duke of Ormond's vault at the east end of Henry VII's chapel.

  • Mena Lee Griffiths

    Philanthropist

    Mena Lee Griffiths was a generous benefactor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal which culminated in the cleaning of Henry VII's Lady Chapel.

  • John Bradshaw

    Politician and Lawyer

    John Bradshaw, lawyer, politician and regicide, was buried on 22nd November 1659 with his wife in Henry VII's chapel. His body was later dis-interred.

  • Wilfred Thomas Edwards

    Philanthropist

    Wilfred Thomas Edwards was a generous benefactor to the Westminster Abbey restoration appeal which culminated in the cleaning of Henry VII's Lady Chapel in 1995.

  • Stanley & Lucina Ho

    Philanthropist

    Stanley Ho and his wife Lucina were generous donors to the Westminster Abbey Appeal for the restoration of the Lady Chapel. Each has a window.

  • John Latsis

    Philanthropist and Sailor

    John Latsis, Greek businessman, shipping and oil magnate and banker, was a generous donor to the Westminster Abbey Restoration Appeal.

  • William Birdwood

    Soldier

    William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, was commander of the new Australian and New Zealand contingents (ANZACS) in the Great War 1914.

  • Cecil Rhodes

    In Henry VII's chapel is a small tablet in memory of Cecil Rhodes. This was given by officials and businessmen from Southern Rhodesia in 1953.

  • William & Henry Bentinck

    Several members of the Bentinck family are buried in the Ormond vault at the eastern end of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

  • Sir Charles Longcroft

    Soldier and Airman

    In the Lady Chapel is a sword purchased by Officers of the Order of the Bath from a bequest left by Sir Charles Longcroft.

  • Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery

    Politician and Soldier

    Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston, Baron of Broghill in Ireland, Knight of the Thistle, was buried on 11 September 1731.

  • Sibell, Countess Grosvenor

    Philanthropist

    Sibell, Countess Grosvenor gave money in 1924 for a new altar to be erected in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey.

  • « Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • » Next

Related searches

Lady Chapel

The Choir of Westminster Abbey

Requiem Mass

Henry VII

500 Years of Wonder

Alexander Creswell

Exhibition

 
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Digital Communications Award 2018 Stevie International Business Gold Award 2018

Useful links

  • Podcast
  • Jobs & volunteering
  • News & media
  • Corporate hospitality
  • Contact us
  • Support us
  • Safeguarding

Contact us

The Chapter Office
Westminster Abbey
20 Dean's Yard
London
SW1P 3PA
phone+44(0)20 7222 5152
email[email protected]

Follow us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • LinkedIn
  • Podcast

Sign up to our newsletter

Subscribe

Designed by M&C Experience Design

Developed by Pixel to Code website development in Umbraco

  • © 2022 Dean and Chapter of Westminster
  • Coronavirus
  • Terms & conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies
  • Access, facilities and FAQ
  • Mission and values
  • Social engagement
Twitter logo Tweet this